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Rydon fined £500,000 after worker fell to his death
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Rydon fined £500,000 after worker fell to his death
Theme park operator fined after worker loses four fingers and thumb
Work equipment
Theme park operator fined over worker's severed fingers
Social housing provider exposed workers to vibration
Vibration
Social housing provider exposed workers to vibration

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Regulation/Enforcement
Wall collapse costs Essex council £133,333

A local authority that failed to heed homeowners’ warnings about an unsafe wall has been fined after it collapsed on to a six-year-old girl. 
Work equipment
SIG Trading implements gross misconduct policy after worker loses fingers in machine

A steel cladding manufacturer that was fined £600,000 after a worker’s hand was crushed in a metal bending machine has made working inside light curtains an act of gross misconduct.

Work at height
Scaffolding collapse narrowly missed nursery children

A scaffolding company that failed to securely install scaffolding has been fined £24,000 after the temporary structure collapsed onto a neighbouring primary school a few metres away from nursey children.

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What OSH manager can learn from black belts
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Process improvement
Learning from: black belts
How to support employees mental health through wellbeing programmes
Absence reduction
Wellness programmes
Head start
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Absence reduction
EAPs
Value judgements

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Drugs and alcohol
Driving case law
Driven to distraction

Inattentive and distracted drivers carry risks for their employers as well as the public.

Skills
Recruitment
Lasting impressions

From first approach, to contract negotiation, a prospective employer will be evaluating you, so make every contact count. 

Career development
Recruitment
Inside knowledge

What do employers really want from candidates for OSH posts?

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Karen McDonnell
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IOSH’s new Pioneers of Progress project
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Andrew Sharman CFIOSH
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key lessons from Tom Peters’ In Search of Excellence

Products and services

Montel group of companies helps reduce accidents with Lightfoot
Road safety
Montel group of companies reduce accidents by 80% with Lightfoot
Introducing the new SHOWA 6110PF biodegradable nitrile glove from Globus
Personal protective equipment
Introducing the new SHOWA 6110PF biodegradable nitrile glove
A-Safe is raising the bar on overhead damage prevention
Workplace transport
A-Safe is raising the bar on overhead damage prevention

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Qualifications
Employers ask for NEBOSH

Nearly nine in ten employers (87%) ask for a NEBOSH qualification when recruiting to a health and safety position, according to the latest research.

Noise
New whitepaper from Honeywell highlights the causes of occupational hearing loss

The latest whitepaper from Honeywell explores the causes and consequences of occupational noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) to help safety managers educate their workforce on the importance of adequate hearing protection. ‘Understanding the causes and consequences of occupational hearing loss’ looks at the risks associated with wearing poorly fitting or no hearing protection, with a focus on how NIHL affects a worker’s physical and psychological wellbeing, and also the cost of NIHL to the economy. 

Road safety
Businesses must do more to avoid distracted drivers causing deaths, says IAM RoadSmart in new report

IAM RoadSmart has called for businesses to buck up their ideas to tackle the issue of distracted drivers at the wheel and overhaul their safety at work policies – and stem the tide of avoidable crashes on our roads.

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